Michael K. Lavers

5 days ago | washingtonblade.com | Michael K. Lavers

A federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of a group of transgender and nonbinary people who have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order that bans the State Department from issuing passports with “X” gender markers. The Associated Press notes U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary injunction against the directive.

6 days ago | washingtonblade.com | Michael K. Lavers

MEXICALI, Mexico — Marlon, a 35-year-old man from Guatemala, used the CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) One app to schedule an appointment that would have allowed him to enter the U.S. at a port of entry. His CBP One appointment was at 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET) on Jan. 21 in the Mexican city of Tijuana that borders San Diego. Marlon at around 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET) on Jan. 20 learned his appointment had been cancelled. President Donald Trump took office less than two hours earlier.

1 week ago | washingtonblade.com | Michael K. Lavers

Jessica Stern, the former special U.S. envoy for the promotion of LGBTQ and intersex rights, says the work that she and her colleagues did under the Biden-Harris administration is “being systematically dismantled.”“As the person who was responsible for leading U.S. foreign policy on LGBTQI+ issues, it’s been very difficult for the past two months to see that work being systematically dismantled,” she told the Washington Blade on March 19 during a telephone interview.

1 week ago | losangelesblade.com | Michael K. Lavers

A transgender Brazilian congresswoman says the U.S. issued her a visa that listed her gender as “male.”Erika Hilton on Wednesday wrote on her Instagram page that she requested a visa that would have allowed her to travel to the U.S. in order to participate in the Brazil Conference at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The conference took place earlier this month.

1 week ago | washingtonblade.com | Michael K. Lavers

A transgender Brazilian congresswoman says the U.S. issued her a visa that listed her gender as “male.”Erika Hilton on Wednesday wrote on her Instagram page that she requested a visa that would have allowed her to travel to the U.S. in order to participate in the Brazil Conference at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The conference took place earlier this month.